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Playin' In The Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Nice Playin'. Jerry finds a few good riffs. Not usually a fan of late era playins, as Jerry's speedy playing is so integral. He plays pretty well here
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Cassidy
Oct. 30, 1984
Berkeley Community Theater

Picture perfect. Soaring leads from Jerry and crashes exquistely back into the verse
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Playin' In The Band
Oct. 28, 1984
Berkeley Community Theatre

Hot Playin>China Doll>Playin. Long and exploratory on both ends, especially for 84.
2
Jack Straw
Nov. 29, 1994
McNichols Sports Arena

Very hot tour opener. Jerry's playing is excellent. This show is the only good one from this weird little run in Colorado.
5
Ramble On Rose
Sept. 29, 1994
Boston Garden

Shockingly good. Only good things to say about the Boston Garden run from this tour. These first few nights allayed fears after awful summer tour.
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Comments

It Must Have Been The Roses
April 22, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Great version - nice little Lost Sailor tease at the end of the song. Nice to hear Bobby playing around with that riff over a year before the song debuted.
Black Peter
Dec. 31, 1969
???

Beautiful, crushing vocals. Love the 69-70 electric versions.
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Cassidy is interesting. In the mid-80s, they added the extra G#m/C#m "sharp turn" in the jam, and that added a lot of depth to the song. In 94 they added an extra part to the jam, before the minor key climb back into the verse, in which they quieted down the jam for a moment. Interesting to see that develop in real time through summer 94 - 7/23 is another cool version. Also nice to see Jerry could still hack it, at least a little bit, on any one song from this show.
Playin' In The Band
July 19, 1994
Deer Creek Music Center

Hey it's maybe moderately more interesting than other 94-95 Playins but this really just feels like noodling to me. I'm a HUGE fan of 1994 Dead but this aint it. Nice noise to have on in the background while doing work but if you guys think this is fantastic idk what youre smoking
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 7, 1985
The Spectrum

Great moment in the outro where Jerry screams "across the rio grandeo" raises his fist and you can hear the crowd go wild.
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